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Former snooker world amateur champion hits BACK-TO-BACK 147 breaks as video of incredible feat stuns fans
Hugill received glowing praise from Ronnie O'Sullivan two years ago
SNOOKER star Ashley Hugill left fans astonished after making back-to-back 147s in practice.
The former world amateur champion, 30, achieved the feat at the Victoria's Snooker Academy in Sheffield last week.
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He began potting reds and blacks, before realising a maximum was on as he made the clearance in under 14 minutes.
Englishman Hugill, who won the world amateur title four years ago, then racked up the balls once more and incredibly repeated the feat again - this time in an 18-minute spell.
The venue shared CCTV footage of the breaks and tweeted: "Our academy has been open nearly nine years, last week one of the most amazing things happened as @AcHugill made back-to-back 147s in match practice.
"We captured it all and posted on YouTube for your viewing pleasure!"
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Reacting to the clip, one fan said: "That’s some feat. Well done Ashley 💪."
Another added: "The recovery shots in the second 147 are absolutely mental 🤯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻."
And a third simply replied: "What a player!"
Hugill made his debut at the professional world championships in 2022 where he was eliminated in the first round after a 10-5 loss to 2010 champion Neil Robertson.
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That same year he received praise from legend Ronnie O'Sullivan following a defeat to The Rocket.
O'Sullivan said: "A big shout out to Ashley Hugill. He's 27, so not very young in snooker terms, but a very good player and still not very experienced in Tour terms.
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"He possesses a lot of admirable qualities, and I'm not one for doling out compliments unless they are merited.
"Just like Wu Yize earlier this week, he could become a world champion if he develops and receives sound advice.
"There's a right way and a wrong way to play a sport, and both of them play snooker the right way.
"You might win, but if you do it the wrong way, you won't get my attention. It's about how you do it, sometimes. There are good players, great players and exceptional players."
In response, Hugill said: "That was a massive confidence boost actually. I've watched that interview a few times and my family love watching it.
"He's been good to me actually, Ronnie. We went for a run together, I'm quite into running, so we did that and I've been trying to learn from him."
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